Re: FVWM: Installation problem without SU (noobie)

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 12:25:50 +0200

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 11:11:34AM +0100, Allan Jardine wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to install the currrent stable fvwm release on a Sun
> Blade (OS5) machine to which I don't have SU access. I get
> through the ./configure --prefix=/home/allan, make, make install
> stages no problem. But... how do I then run the new installation
> rather than the standard one put there by su?

Run

  $ ./configure --prefix=/home/allan --exec-prefix=/home/allan

If necessary, edit your PATH variable to have $HOME/bin at the
front. Put the fvwm call with the full path into your
~/.xinitrc file (or whatever your system uses).

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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